Federal Amicus

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American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers v. O’Keefe

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
February 8, 2019

U.S. Chamber and the National Association of Manufacturers file amicus brief urging Supreme Court to review whether Oregon’s “Clean Fuels Program” unconstitutionally discriminates against out of state fuel producers.  

Ferreras v. American Airlines, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Pending
February 7, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Third Circuit to reverse class certification and rigorously enforce Rule 23’s commonality and ascertainability requirements in wage-and-hour cases

Vogt v. State Farm Life Insurance Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Pending
February 5, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in cost-of-insurance litigation, arguing Eighth Circuit should reverse class certification in $34 million final judgment

Zehentbauer Family Land LP v. Total E&P USA

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Pending
February 5, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in Sixth Circuit, arguing court should reverse class-certification order in oil-and-gas royalty dispute

Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc v. Azar

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Pending
February 4, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging D.C. Circuit to review an agency action as final where there is no avenue for further review and the agency faces the Hobson’s choice of accepting the agency’s pronouncement or risk an enforcement action

National Association of African-American Owned Media v. Charter Communications, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
February 4, 2019

Ninth Circuit denies en banc petition asking it to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim

Molock v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Pending
February 4, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing that a class action defendant must be subject to specific personal jurisdiction with respect to each class members’ claims

National Association of African-American Owned Media v. Comcast Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
February 4, 2019

Ninth Circuit denies en banc petition asking it to clarify that race discrimination must be the “but for” cause of a plaintiff’s injury to support a Section 1981 claim

Huu Nguyen v. Nissan North America, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Pending
February 4, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging Ninth Circuit to affirm denial of class certification and reject flawed replacement-cost damages model

Otsego 2000, Inc. v. FERC

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Pending
February 1, 2019

U.S. Chamber and coalition of industry groups file amicus brief urging D.C. Circuit to affirm FERC’s authority to determine the indirect effects of natural gas infrastructure projects on a case by case basis

American Beverage Assn. v. City and County of San Francisco

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
January 31, 2019

En banc Ninth Circuit unanimously holds that San Francisco’s required health warnings for sugary drinks violate beverage makers’ constitutional free speech rights

Kisor v. Wilkie

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 31, 2019

U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief at merits stage, arguing Supreme Court should overrule Seminole Rock and Auer deference to an agency's interpretations of its own regulations

Stuart v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided
January 29, 2019

Eighth Circuit denies rehearing en banc regarding class certification

The Dutra Group v. Batterton

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 29, 2019

U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief at the merits stage, arguing that courts may not award punitive damages for violations of the common-law duty of seaworthiness

Jammal v. American Family Insurance Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided
January 29, 2019

Sixth Circuit reverses lower court and holds that American Family properly classified its agents as independent contractors 

Lindenberg v. Jackson National Life Insurance

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Pending
January 23, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to grant rehearing en banc and reverse panel decision striking down Tennessee’s punitive-damages cap as unconstitutional

Kleber v. CareFusion Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Victory
January 23, 2019

En Banc Seventh Circuit holds that ADEA does not authorize disparate impact claims by disappointed job applicants

Lawson v. GrubHub, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Pending
January 16, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in post-Dynamex wage-and-hour litigation, arguing drivers using GrubHub platform to make deliveries are not employees under California law

PDR Network, LLC, et al. v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc.

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 15, 2019

U.S. Chamber files merits-stage amicus brief in support of neither party, encouraging Supreme Court to protect reliance interests by holding that Hobbs Act generally prohibits collateral challenges to agency rules, while also recognizing private defendants’ due process rights in TCPA litigation to challenge regulations sought to be enforced against them

New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
January 15, 2019

Supreme Court issues a unanimous 8-0 decision that the exception to the Federal Arbitration Act for “contracts of employment” for certain workers in interstate transportation includes workers categorized as independent contractors.  The decision may make it substantially more difficult for businesses in the interstate transportation industry to enforce arbitration agreements with their independent contractor workers.  

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